30 Day Create Every Day Challenge – Doodle Love

This doodle took 4 days to complete. Little bits of time.

What did I learn about me & my art practice last week creating every day is Holy F*#!ck do I love doodling! Doodle love is now my mantra. I have one Zen Doodle book and have been doodling in every notebook since I was little. My advice is get ideas from books and images on Pintrest but don’t get overwhelmed. Start with just a couple of designs/patterns and do sections in one sitting but not the whole drawing. This is only for relaxation and fun.

I doodle what’s comfortable for me and may add one different pattern on each page. In the photo above, the scales were a new doodle for me. The really thin lines I made with my gel pen really made me happy so I started to use them in the next waterdoodle I did.

A new style of thin line appeared in this doodle.

I was focusing on the thin lines and toward the end of my doodling I tried a squiggly line and I loved the effect. As you practice what you are already comfortable with, you’ll get the courage & gut feeling to try something new. Sometimes it works and sometimes you may not be 100% happy with what appears. Keep going and exploring and building on what you’re doing because it will lead someplace really cool.

This is what came out of my doodle practice this week.

I love what I started on this page and I want to add this to my water doodles. You can see my style in this doodle – it looks like my jewelry. My doodle love is emerging in really great ways and this is exactly why I love creating.

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I grew up around art and my creative spirit has been nurtured throughout my life. I have always found arts & crafts to be fun, relaxing, and fulfilling.
I stumbled into making beaded jewelry in my 20's and I still love playing with beads. I’ve worked in two bead stores, taught jewelry classes for 8 years, and my jewelry has been in many galleries. I am a guest artist at the Fall Art Tour in Sauk County.
I used an altered book to rediscover who I am and the path I wanted to take when I though all was lost. I found that in fact, all was found and I returned to college to pursue the dream that was inside me—just waiting to be realized.
I am a graduate of Edgewood College with a BS in Art Therapy and minors in Art & Psychology. While in school I continued to work with people from all walks of life and abilities. I have such a great time working with people who are finding that they do beautiful work.
This lead me to continue my passion of sharing the fun, joy, and self discovery that art brings. I have drawn from my life experiences to create classes that are designed to focus on the fun that art brings.
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